Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Eric Sunshine
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Allen Hubbe wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Eric Sunshine > wrote: >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Allen Hubbe wrote: For the same reason, I'm not convinced that "simple" is a good name. "sendmail" may indeed be a more appropriate name,

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Allen Hubbe
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Allen Hubbe writes: > >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> >>> Let me step back a bit. Earlier you said your aim is not to use an >>> alias file you already have and use with the MUA/MTA, but to have a >>> collect

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Allen Hubbe
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Allen Hubbe wrote: >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Eric Sunshine >> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Allen Hubbe wrote: +If the format is 'simple', then the alias file format is desc

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Junio C Hamano
Allen Hubbe writes: > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Let me step back a bit. Earlier you said your aim is not to use an >> alias file you already have and use with the MUA/MTA, but to have a >> collection of aliases to use with git-send-email only. Is there a >> r

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Eric Sunshine
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Allen Hubbe wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Eric Sunshine > wrote: >> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Allen Hubbe wrote: >>> +If the format is 'simple', then the alias file format is described below. >>> +Descriptions of the other file formats to th

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Allen Hubbe
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Allen Hubbe writes: > >> It depends what we want to do with this parser: accept existing >> sendmail aliases files in git, or enforce that git alias files are >> usable for sendmail. I really don't expect the second to ever happen. >> The

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Junio C Hamano
Allen Hubbe writes: > It depends what we want to do with this parser: accept existing > sendmail aliases files in git, or enforce that git alias files are > usable for sendmail. I really don't expect the second to ever happen. > The first, maybe, but only if the alias file is edited to remove >

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-22 Thread Allen Hubbe
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Allen Hubbe wrote: >> This format is more simple than the other alias file formats, so it may >> be preferred by some users. [...] >> Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe >> --- >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-sen

Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-21 Thread Eric Sunshine
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Allen Hubbe wrote: > This format is more simple than the other alias file formats, so it may > be preferred by some users. [...] > Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > index 80455

[PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

2015-05-21 Thread Allen Hubbe
This format is more simple than the other alias file formats, so it may be preferred by some users. The format is as follows. : [, ...] Aliases are specified one per line. There is no line splitting. Anything on a line after and including a `#` symbol is considered a comment, and is ign